@SardineQueen
I think that comment upthread should stand TBH so that people can see the views that some people out there have.
Feminism may have a bad name in some people's eyes but as long as there are people out there who feel the way the judge and the person on this thread does, it is so important to keep gong.
Yes, as you've probably all noticed, we have let "that" post to stand. Thanks for all who've mailed in about it: if you haven't had a personal reply already, it's on its way.
For those who didn't report but would still like to know our reasons for leaving the post up, we're going to repost one of our responses on this thread to make things a little clearer.
On the moderation of discussion on the site, we absolutely do not tolerate out-and-out victim-blaming posts, eg "well, she was obviously asking for it" or "you were drunk, what do you expect?" - and we will delete them, as soon as we are made aware of them, with no debate, discussion or mitigating pleas.
We won't though, delete posts that form part of a reasonable and valid discussion, even if those posts are made in mahoosive ignorance. So, if someone we believed to be a genuine poster came onto a thread and said, "But I thought most rapists were strangers", we would rather let it stand and allow others to correct that particular rape myth on the thread, thereby educating others in the process.
We hope that clarifies thing. We've always thought it's wrong to adopt a policy of blanket censorship (though it might be easier to implement!) Instead, we feel it's wiser to judge each post that's reported on its individual words and context, and make decisions on a post-by-post basis.